You really have to look at the original. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/P._Oxy._I_29.jpg/800px-P._Oxy._I_29.jpg https://upload.wikime

You really have to look at the original. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/P._Oxy._I_29.jpg/800px-P._Oxy._I_29.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/P.... The drawings are pretty interesting, but there's literally no notation, everything is described. Other civilization's ancient mathematics are similar "The sum of one and two is a value of three." Or they might shorthand it to "The sum of a and b is a value of c." And since that civilization hadn't invented discrete symbols for numbers yet, everybody just knows that a = 1, b = 2 and c = 3.